Common animals found in Sabine
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American Beaver Castor canadensis Kuhl
The American Beaver is an aquatic rodent with webbed feet, a scaly fan tailed and light brown fur.
They live in dense thickets along river or lake banks. It hibernates in its den made of sticks and mud in the winter.
The den's entrance is under the water, where they swim up and enter the den.
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American Beaver Alligator mississippiensis
The American Alligator is the biggest reptile in North America, with the males growing
up to nineteen feet and beyond. It has a wide rounded snout,and each bottom tooth has a place in the
upper jaw for a tighter closing mouth. The scales are on his tail and the rest of the body except for
the soft under-belly. It's head is large and the eyes and nostrils protrude. When under water a cover goes over
his eyes. His ears have valves for opening and closing.
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